Pheasant Rearing Management Game Birds Livestock Management Warwickshire

We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join our team working within Game Bird Management. Initially this role will involve 12 months of learning about our business, seeing how the seasons evolve. The successful individual will be responsible for the rearing of day olds through to 7 wk old poults. You will work alongside our current team, assisting and managing at equal levels when appropriate. Long term it would be expected that this individual takes on more and more direct responsibility and decision making. Being the first point of contact for staff and liaising with management on short, medium and long term projects that need achieving.

This role will include the responsibility of rearing pheasant day olds in large automated rearing units, working with our vets on a weekly basis, managing the 'bitting' team and the moving out of birds to rearing fields, daily feeding and checking, liaising with the office on all manner of topics including the ordering of bird feed, working with the catching gangs for loading birds set for delivery to customers and management of staff.

Requirements for the role:- previous livestock management experience, a minimum of 1 years in a commercial environment at this level. Able to demonstrate specific numbers of birds/animals reared and techniques used, improvements made, lessons learnt. Time management, strong communication skills, organisation and working in a clean and tidy way are strong characteristics that we are seeking.

Heart of England Farms Ltd based in Warwickshire are one of the country's leading game bird farms, producing high numbers of pheasants, both redleg and grey partridge, chicks and poults. Our extensive breeding flocks are supplemented each year from chicks produced and hatched on site, reared through the summer months they are then over wintered ready for the following laying season. We have two state of the art hatcheries allowing us to be one of the leading suppliers of British produced game birds. Our rearing programme to produce strong, healthy, well feathered poults for delivering to customers is tried and tested.

£15 - £20 an hour - Permanent, Full-time, The role offered attracts a 40 hour (Mon - Fri) working week permanent contract however the hours worked will easily average between 50-55 inc weekends. Weekend work will be either a Saturday or a Sunday (Not both). Normal hours are 7:30am - 4:30pm with these hours increasing from the Spring as chicks begin. Salary is to be discussed at meeting and is paid by the hour.

We can assist with accommodation if required and again can be discussed and form part of the package offered.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £15.00-£20.00 per hour